Lottery Winner Killed: Chicago Man,Urooj Khan Died Of Cyanide Poisoning, $1 Million Prize Forfeited?

Urooj Khan, a Chicago man who was a lottery winner of $1 million had been murdered the day after collecting his winnings, according to the Cook County medical examiner. The 46-year-old is said to have died from cyanide poisoning instead of natural causes, which was earlier ruled.

After purchasing $60 worth of tickets at a 7-Eleven, the man realized one of his instant tickets had won and a month later was photo'd with his wife and teenage daughter collecting his $425,000 (post taxes).

When Khan was asked what he would do with his earnings he said he would, put the money into his dry cleaning business and donate some to the children's hospital, and unfortunately was found dead the next day.

Originally, Cook County Medical Examiner Stephen Cina ruled Khan's death as natural causes because no unusual substances were found in his blood. After a phone call from a relative explaining that they believed he was murdered and asked for a deeper investigation, "There may be more to it than a natural death, and they asked us to look into it further," the caller told Cina according to the Tribune.

After a full toxicology report a deadly amount of the poison cyanide was found in Khan's system, "For now, the death certificate says cyanide toxicity and the manner of death says homicide," Cina told the Sun-Times reported.

The body is most likely going to be exhumed for further investigation.